diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionImpl.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionImpl.java
index 68c37561c9..0cd4225548 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionImpl.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionImpl.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.SessionClient.SessionOption;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.TransactionRunnerImpl.TransactionContextImpl;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.spi.v1.SpannerRpc;
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.base.Ticker;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors;
@@ -511,6 +512,10 @@ ApiFuture<Transaction> beginTransactionAsync(
     if (sessionReference.getIsMultiplexed() && mutation != null) {
       requestBuilder.setMutationKey(mutation);
     }
+    if (sessionReference.getIsMultiplexed() && !Strings.isNullOrEmpty(transactionOptions.tag())) {
+      requestBuilder.setRequestOptions(
+          RequestOptions.newBuilder().setTransactionTag(transactionOptions.tag()).build());
+    }
     final BeginTransactionRequest request = requestBuilder.build();
     final ApiFuture<Transaction> requestFuture;
     XGoogSpannerRequestId reqId = this.getRequestIdCreator().nextRequestId(this.getChannel(), 1);
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/DatabaseClientImplTest.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/DatabaseClientImplTest.java
index 9ca5c17330..f7842fc7a4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/DatabaseClientImplTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/DatabaseClientImplTest.java
@@ -1898,6 +1898,31 @@ public void testReadWriteExecuteQueryWithTag() {
         .isEqualTo("app=spanner,env=test,action=txn");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testBlindWriteWithTransactionTag() {
+    DatabaseClient client =
+        spanner.getDatabaseClient(DatabaseId.of(TEST_PROJECT, TEST_INSTANCE, TEST_DATABASE));
+    String transactionTag = "app=spanner,env=test,action=txn";
+    TransactionRunner runner = client.readWriteTransaction(Options.tag(transactionTag));
+    runner.run(
+        transaction -> {
+          transaction.buffer(Mutation.newInsertBuilder("abc").set("id").to(1L).build());
+          return null;
+        });
+
+    List<BeginTransactionRequest> beginTransactionRequests =
+        mockSpanner.getRequestsOfType(BeginTransactionRequest.class);
+    assertThat(beginTransactionRequests).hasSize(1);
+    if (isMultiplexedSessionsEnabled()) {
+      assertThat(beginTransactionRequests.get(0).getRequestOptions().getTransactionTag())
+          .isEqualTo(transactionTag);
+    }
+    List<CommitRequest> commitRequests = mockSpanner.getRequestsOfType(CommitRequest.class);
+    assertThat(commitRequests).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(commitRequests.get(0).getRequestOptions().getTransactionTag())
+        .isEqualTo(transactionTag);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testReadWriteExecuteReadWithTag() {
     DatabaseClient client =